Guacamole & Serrano Hot Sauce by Zaaschila · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingGuacamole & Serrano Hot Sauce
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- Water53.125%—›
- Natural avocado23.4375%—
- Serrano pepper11.71875%—
- Tomatillo5.859375%—›
- Salt0.28%—›
- Modified corn starch0.28%—›
- Acetic acid0.28%—
- Xanthan gum0.28%—
- Coriander0.28%—›
- Dehydrated onion0.28%—
- Condiments0.28%—
- Spices0.28%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.28%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate0.28%—
- Preservatives0.28%—
- Ascorbic acid0.28%—
- Artificial colors2.7793749999999875%—
- Fd&c yellow no0.28%—
- 5 and fd&c blue no0.14%—
- 12.3593749999999876%—
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Water, natural avocado, serrano pepper, tomatillo, salt, modified corn starch, acetic acid, xanthan gum, dehydrated coriander, dehydrated onion, condiments and spices, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), ascorbic acid, artificial colors: fd&c yellow no. 5 and fd&c blue no. 1.
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall high safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.